Can Boson Fields Absorb Matter?

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Is it possible that boson fields "absorb" matter the same way electrons "absorb" photons, thus explaining why we cannot detect them?
 
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We ceratinly can detect boson fields infact by looking at your screen you are detecting one (the electromagnetic field). I think you mean the Higgs boson field.
 
Whats a Higgs boson field?
 
The Higgs field is the field proposed as the mechanism that gives particles mass, it's a bosonic field.
 

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